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Succession Planning and Exciting News About UTEC's Leadership
We’re making some exciting changes to our leadership team! Please click below to read a letter from CEO Gregg Croteau, and to view articles with more information.MassDevelopment awards grant for The Green @ UTEC
MassDevelopment has awarded a $38,555 grant to assist UTEC in a project to transform an underutilized open space downtown.
UTEC receives $500,000 for woodworking program
Youth nonprofit UTEC has received $500,000 from the Yawkey Foundation to expand its Woodworking Social Enterprise program for justice-involved young adults.
WCAP: UTEC Launches Organizing Crew
Francellis Quinones, Organizing Program Manager, joins Gregg Croteau, CEO, on WCAP to discuss the launch of UTEC’s new organizing crew and how young adults are diving into the issues they care about to advocate for meaningful systems change.
Patriots Foundation picks UTEC as ‘Community Captain’
A well-known and respected Lowell nonprofit features prominently in a new initiative created by the New England Patriots Foundation and Bank of America designed to build deeper relationships with the agencies and the populations they serve.
UTEC receives $50K boost for community outreach efforts
UTEC, the anti-violence group aimed at reaching at-risk youth through programming and education in Haverhill, Lawrence and Lowell, recently received a $50,000 boost from the Patriots Foundation and Bank of America when UTEC became a Community Captain during a new program launched by the Patriots Foundation.
UTEC WELCOMES HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY XAVIER BECERRA TO DISCUSSION ON GUN VIOLENCE, RECIDIVISM
Rep. Lori Trahan and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra joined with UTEC leaders as well as state and local partners to highlight federally supported programs with a proven track record of reducing youth recidivism and addressing gun violence in Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill.
Ground Broken on Event Space
Construction for UTEC’s outdoor event space broke ground at the agency’s headquarters in downtown Lowell last month, paving the way for the development of land that will be used to host community events, support jobs for young adults and create room for the agency’s child care center.
UTEC Hits Meal Milestone with 75,000
Durrell Mendes says UTEC saved his life. Now the 25-year-old is helping change lives.
Two Year Anniversary of Mattress Recycling
Two years ago, the City of Cambridge partnered with UTEC, a nonprofit organization serving proven-risk young adults, to provide free weekly curbside mattress and box spring recycling services.
My Turn: Family Prosperity
In this OpEd, UTEC’s Nichelle Sadler discusses how we aim to ensure that fathers’ voices like Jose’s are represented in strategies to improve their lives, and those of their kids.